‘Your News, in Your Language’: How Khabar Lahariya, a Women-Run News Platform, Brought Hyperlocal Journalism to Rural India
“The Good Reporter: A Memoir of Journalism in the 21st Century, A Collective Biography” (Simon & Schuster India, 2026) is the story of Khabar Lahariya, India’s only women-run independent rural news outlet. Founded in 2002 in Bundelkhand, one of the country’s most drought-stricken, underdeveloped regions, the paper is staffed largely by women from marginalized communities, […]


